Is Ethiopia a good place to live for remote workers?

Ethiopia scores 40/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 41.8 Mbps, safety 49, healthcare 33, air quality 62; English not scored) — rank 153 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Ethiopia?

Median fixed broadband is around 41.8 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Ethiopia?

Single-person essentials run about $646/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.6× essentials).

Livability · rank 153/167

Is 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) a good place to live?

Quality score 40/100 against essentials of $646/month.

The five metrics

Internet 17 41.8 Mbps median broadband, 21.9% online

Safety 49 8.5 homicides/100k (2012)

Healthcare 33 UHC service coverage 33/100 (2023)

Air quality 62 PM2.5 22.3 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: very weak; World Bank WGI estimate -1.05 · corruption control -0.44 · stability -1.88 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $5.52 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $3.59/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($646)	Verdict
$2,000	3.1×	like royalty
$3,000	4.6×	like royalty
$5,000	7.7×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇧🇷 Brazil — quality 57.6, essentials $925/mo
🇿🇦 South Africa — quality 51.2, essentials $821/mo
🇬🇦 Gabon — quality 44.9, essentials $720/mo
🇨🇿 Czechia — quality 78.5, essentials $1,266/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Ethiopia a good place to live for remote workers?: Ethiopia scores 40/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 41.8 Mbps, safety 49, healthcare 33, air quality 62; English not scored) — rank 153 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Ethiopia?: Median fixed broadband is around 41.8 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Ethiopia?: Single-person essentials run about $646/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.6× essentials).